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Object Number 00-8-70/55448
Display Title Tatooing needles fitting handle 55449
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, split bone, small cut teeth at one end
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 1 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)
Donor Donated by Dr. C.H. Otto Bartels

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Handle for tatooing needles 55448
00-8-70/55449 Handle for tatooing needles 55448
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Implement for sharpening tatooing needles #55448
00-8-70/55447 Implement for sharpening tatooing needles #55448
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